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The Switch version of Vampire: The Masquerade – Coteries of New York was demoed at PDXCON where Screen Rant went hands-on with the game.
Paradox Interactive and Draw Distance showcasedVampire : The Masquerade - Coteries of New Yorkat the recent PDXCON event in Berlin where Screen Rant had the chance to try the demonstration of theNintendo Switchversion of the biz . Vampire : The Masquerade - Coteries of New Yorkis an coming visual novel that adapts theVampire : The Masqueradetabletop game into a report about the private rule class of vampire that run within New York City .
TheVampire : The Masqueradelicense is owned by Paradox Interactive andVampire : The Masquerade - Coteries of New Yorkis one of several games found on the property that come out at PDXCON , withVampire : The Masquerade - Swansongannouncedfor the first time at the event . Vampire : The Masquerade - Coteries of New Yorkwas the only video game based on the property that had a hired man - on demonstration at PDXCON and we were able to have the first few section of the story .
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There are three playable characters inVampire : The Masquerade - Coteries of New Yorkand each of them is translate into a appendage of one of three vampire clans , a passionate Brujah , an artistic Toreador , and a controlling Ventrue . The demo only had the Brujah and Ventrue options available and each character ’s story started out differently . The Ventrue main character is a businesswoman who is transformed into a vampire by a mysterious associate of her employer , while the Brujah is turned by a fantastic lady friend he touch at a party . The two storylines converge when the newly formed lamia is abandoned by their father and lead to fend for themselves . Thedemo ofVampire : The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2that we understand at PDXCON also began with the main character being twist into a lamia by a unknown , so it ’s potential that they ’re paying homage to the similar intro fromVampire : The Masquerade - Bloodlines .
The independent character is then find by a lamia named Quadir , who is task with bringing them in for questioning . The player has the choice of going along with Quadir ’s demand or resisting - the latter of which is a terrible mind since he is far more sinewy than the protagonist . The choices find whether the participant arrives at their meeting in one piece , or with a gaping yap in their chest .
Quadir brings the main character to a group meeting with Prince Hellene Panhard , the current swayer of New York City . The main graphic symbol ’s luck should be sealed , as they were turned into a vampire without the license of the Prince , but they are given a lifeline by a member of Hellene ’s council bring up Sophie who offers to espouse the agonist at the cost of becoming her retainer . If the player refuses this go , then they are sentenced and beheaded by Quadir .
The main grapheme is post to live in a fancy apartment that is owned by Sophie and they are given fourth dimension to come to term with their young unlife . Sophie tasks the player with seeking out other local vampires and help them with any problems that they have , in return for favors that can be reclaimed at a later engagement . There are several allies around New York who can avail the admirer , includinga knock-down vampiric sorcerer from clan Tremereand a outrageous member of clan Nosferatu who fancies himself a detective . The player can do side - quest with these characters , which will result to them becoming company members in the full interpretation of the game .
The demo ended before we had a fortune to try out out different facet of the game , but we learned more about the game during an consultation with the developers . The three characters have memory access to thePresencediscipline , which they can use to draw or scare somebody , while the Brujah hasCelerity(super speed ) andPotence(super speciality ) , the Toreador hasCelerityandAuspex(supernatural senses ) , and the Ventrue hasFortitude(super resilience ) andDominate(mind controller ) , all of which can be used to work problems in different ways .
The devs told us that the story ofVampire : The Masquerade - Coteries of New Yorkis canon with theVampire : The Masqueradetabletop game and will have characters from the Book . One example of this is Prince Hellene , who appeared in theNew York by Nightsourcebook from 2001 . The three characters have their own prologue chapters and they all converge into the same main storyline , but activity within the story can change a lot of different things , such as how the protagonist deals with their have it off ones from their mortal liveliness . It wo n’t be possible to recruit every party member in a unmarried playthrough , which will also vary how the tale plays out . It was confirmed that other supernatural beast from theWorld of Darknesswill be referenced in the game , but they wo n’t make any unmediated appearances .
Vampire : The Masquerade - Coteries of New Yorkwill be the first newVampire : The Masqueradegame since 2004 , asVampire : The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2was delayedto subsequently in 2020 . The tabletop plot has always been more about social interaction and laborious choices than action set up piece , so a story dress in theVampire : The Masqueradeuniverse is a natural convulsion for the visual novel data formatting . The abbreviated tarradiddle snip ofVampire : The Masquerade - Coteries of New Yorkthat we saw was intriguing and had us concerned in seeing how it will wager out when the full adaptation of the game launches afterwards this year .
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Vampire : The Masquerade - Coteries of New Yorkwill be relinquish for Linux , macOS , and Windows on December 4 , 2019 . The Nintendo Switch version of the game will be released in Q1 2020 .
